Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis assured lawmakers that the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection project would proceed as planned, according to reports, during a closed-door briefing of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence committees on transatlantic relations and developments at the UN.
After persistent questioning from several MPs, Mr Gerapetritis was categorical that the project’s implementation had been secured. According to the same sources, Mr Gerapetritis stressed that “Greece has secured the implementation of the project to lay the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection cable, and it will proceed as planned, since the relevant permit has already been issued”.
At the same time, the foreign minister made clear “that if Ankara attempts to obstruct the work to lay the cable, Greece will take the necessary operational measures to ensure the project goes ahead”.
SOURCE: AMNA